Wednesday, February 15, 2017

It's way too premature to feel like spring here in Maine, (we're just digging out from a snowstorm that dumped upwards of two feet of snow on us) but that's what this photo made me feel like, so I went with it.

I did a watercolor wash for the background on this card with Distress Inks then off stamped the image using Archival "watering can" gray in order to get a very light stamped image. I used Inktense watercolor pencils to color the florals and the dragon flies. The sentiment was also stamped with the same gray ink. Stamps used are both from the "Beautiful Days" Series.

I hope you'll take a few moments and visit my team mates for more inspiration....they will WOW your senses with what they've done with this inspiration.

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I'm entering this in the new challenge over at Simon Says Stamps - Florals

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a super creative week.

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

I'm one of those "animal lovers" and as a stamper and card creater, I can't begin to tell you how many cards I've created with animals on them. Animals bring such joy into our lives and without them, life just doesn't seem quite right.

The stamp is "Pugs and Kisses" and is so adorable. I stamped it on kraft cardstock with VersaFine black ink, highlighted his toes, tail and nose with my white gel pen, added a heart die border (also cut from kraft cs). I used the same die to cut it out in white and red card stock and used those heart pieces as inlays for the kraft border.

I'm entering this in the Cupcake Inspiration challenge which is sponsored by Stamplourations. Check it out.

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About Me

I'm a sixty "something" boomer who saw a handmade card one day and thought "WOW! I want to do that". Sooooo, here I am. (Secret) When I was a little girl, paper dolls were my favorite toy; I must have had hundreds of them and I used to cut the models out of my mother's old catalogs and make clothes for them with some other pages from the ladies clothing photos.
I married a Maine (iac) man and now live here in the beautiful state of Maine, however, I was born and raised in the beautiful Adirondacks of NYS. I'm devoted to my wonderful husband, my kids and my grandchildren. I'm blessed in so many ways and I count my blessings every day.

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